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Andiijar

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2018-07-09
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  1. “We still have a way to go in eliminating the abuse and horrors that children in conflict face. We therefore reiterate our commitment to continue collaborating with the United Nations, Member States and civil society while we occupy our seat in the Security Council as a non-permanent member beginning in 2019, giving this agenda and our children the level of priority that they deserve.”

    2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source

  2. “The protection, reintegration and support of children who have been recruited by armed groups - including through greater investment in programs for education, training, counselling and family reunification - is key in breaking the cycle of violence and directing us towards the goal that unites us today in this debate. We believe that it is vital to guarantee the active and meaningful participation of children and young people in the processes of building and maintaining peace and security. Furthermore, we recognize the fundamental role played by United Nations agencies and by regional and subregional organizations in addressing the consequences suffered by children in armed conflicts. We believe that this problem must continue to be part of the policies and programmes of peacekeeping missions in the field.”

    2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source

  3. “Furthermore, in 2014 the Dominican Republic ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, and we call for its universal ratification. It is imperative to strengthen respect for international humanitarian law, which provides the basis for legally binding obligations for all the parties in conflicts, in addition to continuing to adopt measures and taking on greater commitments, principally with the action plans, to protect children from conflict and contribute to more effective conflict prevention. We therefore take this opportunity to call for an end to impunity for those who perpetrate violations of the rights of children in conflict.”

    2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source

  4. “It is essential to ensure justice, protection and full enjoyment of human rights, putting greater focus on the most vulnerable children i those in armed conflict - as a means to prevent conflict and build peace. Schools, students and teachers are deliberately targeted in attacks, demonstrating that this is not only a crisis of security but also of human rights and social development. Children's education is always one of the first casualties during conflict and too often the last to be recovered. Due to the seriousness of the situation, the Dominican Republic has endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration and the Vancouver Principles on Peacekeeping and the Prevention of the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers, and we encourage other States to endorse those non-legally binding documents.”

    2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source

  5. “Yenny Londofio, representative of civil society, whose experience reminds us of our responsibility and the urgency with which we must act. We are concerned about the high levels of violations against children affected by conflict, about armed groups recruiting children to serve as suicide terrorists and about alarming rates of kidnapping of and sexual violence against children. Children continue to be stigmatized for having been recruited and used by armed groups, and they are criminalized for acts they were forced to commit. That results in a traumatized generation whose childhood has been cut short and whose future is in jeopardy.”

    2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source

  6. “Ms. Andiijar (Dominican Republic) (spoke in Spanish): The Dominican Republic associates itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Argentina on behalf of the countries endorsing the Safe Schools Declaration. We would like to congratulate Sweden on its assumption of the presidency of the Council and for organizing today's open debate on children in armed conflict, with the theme of "Protecting children today prevents conflicts tomorrow". Our thanks also go to Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children in Armed Conflict, and to Ms. Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, for sharing with us their important perspectives. Likewise, we thank Ms.”

    2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source